The last time he shot first, after the morale of Zhou Guan plummeted, Lu Li formulated the next battle plan, that is, to continue to attack Nanhuai City, which is relatively close to Lingcheng, although the distance between the two cities is not far, but the climate and terrain are very different, compared to the harsh environment of Lingcheng, Nanhuai City can hold the country of abundance, the land is fertile, and there are few natural disasters, so Lu Li decided to take the lead in attacking.

He divided his troops into two routes, all the way to pretend to attack Zhou Guan's army, and went all the way to Nanhuai City.

Because he didn't know what the situation was in Nanhuai City, Lu Li was very cautious, and this time he personally led the team to attack the city.

The defenders of Nanhuai City probably didn't think that they would be attacked, and the defense was very poor, but in half a day, Lu Li saw the white flag raised at the head of the city.

He couldn't help but think of some of the things that had happened when he had attacked Lingcheng.

"Stop."

Liu Fengfeng, who was standing beside Lu Li, suddenly widened his eyes when he heard this, as if he had heard something incredible, and said with a puzzled face: "Brother Lu, now is the best time for us to attack Nanhuai City, if we stop now, we may face a two-sided attack between the Zhou Guan army and the defenders of Nanhuai City!" ”

Lu Li shook his head, he still chose to stick to his judgment.

"Let the soldiers back off, the people at the head of the city seem to have something to talk to me."

Liu Fengfeng stared along Lu Li's line of sight, and sure enough, he saw a person dressed as a general standing at the head of Nanhuai City, which was the white flag he held high, and in the shadow of the sword and sword, he seemed to be a straight flagpole.

Maybe Brother Lu's judgment is correct.

Liu Fengfeng led the troops to push back, and began to look around vigilantly, just afraid that Zhouguan's army would react and attack.

At the same time, Lu Li took a few steps forward.

As if in response to Lu Li's trust, the door of Nanhuai City, which had been tightly closed, was opened from the inside, and then someone walked out of the door. Lu Li's eyes were sharp, and he could see the appearance of that person clearly from a distance, it was the general who raised the white flag on the city wall just now, he deliberately went out of the city to see him, did he want to surrender?

In Lu Li's confused gaze, the general fell to his knees and held a wooden box with both hands.

Judging from the materials and decoration of the wooden box, Lu Li speculated that there was an important object inside.

"Who are you?"

The general raised his identity and said his identity, it turned out that he was the general of the defenders of Nanhuai City, and after hearing that Lu Li was coming to attack Nanhuai City today, he took the opportunity to Lipton, and when Nanhuai City began to become panicked because of the siege, he personally killed the county guard of Nanhuai City, and now it is the head of the county guard of Nanhuai City that hits this wooden box.

"I dedicate the head of the corrupt official to General Lu, hoping that General Lu can let Nanhuai City go, as long as the general promises not to burn and loot Nanhuai City, Nanhuai City will open the city gate to the general and the troops brought by the general."

Lu Li was a little surprised.

He wanted to go up and inspect the contents of the wooden box.

Seeing this, Liu Fengfeng grabbed his hand, shook his head vigorously and said, "Brother Lu, you can't go, what if he cheats?" ”

Lu Li is the commander of the army, and now how many people are listening to him, no matter when, he can't take the slightest danger.

But Lu Li insisted on going.

"I don't think he's lying." Lu Li smiled, patted Liu Fengfeng's shoulder lightly, let him relax, and then rode his horse in the direction of the general.

As soon as he got closer, Lu Li smelled a burst of blood.

He was far away just now, and the clothes on the general's body were black, so he didn't see the blood stains on his body clearly, until he got closer, he found that he had more than a dozen wounds on his body, some of which were even deep in the bones, and it could be seen that he was enduring great pain, but he didn't say a word.

It's a man.

Lu Li had a little more respect for the general, and then opened the wooden box in front of him.

Sure enough, there was a head lying inside.

The deceased's eyes widened and his mouth was wide open, apparently he had experienced a great shock before he died, perhaps those shocks originated from the general in front of him.

"This is the county guard of Nanhuai City?"

"Yes," the general said, gritting his teeth, "his whole family has been killed by me, and so are those cronies, so the general does not have to worry about being protected after entering the city, I dare to assure General Lu that all the people in this city are looking forward to you, because they have suffered too much under the oppression of the county guards." ”

Lu Li was silent for a moment and said: "I understand what you mean, I will strictly order the army, and after entering the city, you are not allowed to disturb the people, you just have to rest assured." ”

The general was covered in his body, and his face turned pale because of excessive blood loss, and now he was relying on a breath to maintain his sanity, and now when he heard Lu Li's promise that he would not do anything to the people in the city, he swallowed the breath he used to hold on, and the person began to fall into a coma.

Lu Li was greatly surprised when he saw this, and hurriedly asked people to invite a military doctor.

Then the army marched into Nanhuai City.

As the general said, the people in the city did not look scared at all, not only did they panic and fear the arrival of the army, but even came out to welcome them on their own, and some people invested flowers and fruits in the army, as if these people were not here to attack the city at all, but heroes who had returned from a victorious battle.

What's going on here?

Lu Li had many doubts and settled in the Nanhuai City Mansion before he knew the real reason.

It turned out that the people of Nanhuai City had a very difficult life, although they had fertile fields and a warm climate, but there were corrupt officials above.

More than half of the grain that was grown with great difficulty throughout the year was taken away by the government as agricultural taxes, and some of the remaining grain was looted by local bullies, and their lives were miserable. Over the years, they have not thought about reporting to the higher authorities and exposing the evil deeds of the county guard to the imperial court, but they don't know what method the county guard used, and the letterheads that were reported were as if they had been thrown into the sea, and the people were desperate for this matter.

They had heard a long time ago that since Lingcheng betrayed the imperial court and was taken over by General Lu, the lives of the people of Lingcheng have been getting better and better, and they have long been yearning for this.

In the welcoming crowd, Lu Li even saw some people crying and laughing, and then fainted, obviously because they were happy.

It seems that this Nanhuaicheng county guard did a lot of sins during his lifetime.

Seeing the happy appearance of the people, Lu Li secretly made an oath that if he could succeed in the future, he would not treat the people badly.

The news that Nanhuai City was captured was not received by Zhou Guan until the third day.

He furrowed his brows, staring at the scout who came to report the news with burning eyes: "Why is there such a big thing that Nanhuai City has been captured, and now it has only been reported, and you are all raised to eat dry food?" ”

The scout wanted to cry without tears.

In the past two days, the war in the army has become more and more intense, and they are busy looking around for news, where can they take care of Nanhuai City?

Now I find that Nanhuai City is lost, because there have been no materials from Nanhuai City for a long time.

"Subordinates know their mistakes!"

Zhou Guan wanted to continue the lecture, but before the words of reproach could be spoken, another voice came from outside the tent.

"It's useless for you to blame them, Nanhuai City can't hold it at all."

Zhou Guan followed the sound and stared away, and saw Xiong Lishui open the curtain of the camp tent and walked in, his expression was very indifferent, as if he knew that Nanhuai City was not good from the beginning.

Zhou Guan was a little annoyed: "Why can't Nanhuai City be defended, it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are several granaries in the city, how can it not be defended?" ”

"I have met the county guard in charge of guarding Nanhuai City once, he is not a person who understands military affairs at all, let alone defense, I am afraid that the first time Lu Li leads the army to the city of Nanhuai City, what he wants is to escape." Xiong Qianshui paused, and then sneered, "Do you know that Nanhuai City has not been blocked, but why has there been no news of being besieged or even attacked?" ”

Zhou Guan breathed a sigh: "Why? ”

"Because the people of Nanhuai City did not submit to the imperial court at all, they had already had the intention of rebellion, maybe Lu Li made up his mind to attack Nanhuai City in two ways, and we all fell for his plan."

"How unreasonable!"

If it is said that when he was defeated by Lu Li before, Zhou Guan's mood was angry, and now his mood is angry, when he led King Li's letterhead and seal to Lingcheng with his troops, how beautiful he was, and how bad his mood is now, obviously on both sides of the disparity in strength, he was repeatedly defeated by Lu Li, if the news reached King Li's side, maybe King Li's trust in himself would disappear, and it would be difficult to establish it at that time.

Just when Zhou Guan was thinking hard about defeating Lu Li like this, Xiong Lishui was thinking about something else.

"Where did my cousin Xiong Er go, wasn't he rescued before, why did he suddenly disappear now?"

Zhou Guan raised his eyebrows, and replied disapprehantly: "I asked him to go to the battlefield, it was the battlefield that was attacked by Lu Li, and he didn't come back." ”

Xiong Qianshui's face changed greatly.

It's not because he has feelings for this unsuccessful cousin, nor because of regret, but because of Yang Xiao.

"You've done something wrong again!" Xiong Lishui said with a dissatisfied face, "Xiong Er knows the whereabouts of a person, that woman's name is Yang Xiao, she is one of An Xiabai's closest friends, and she is also the key to Lu Li's possession of so many strange but applicable siege equipment, she is a talented person." ”

No matter how talented a person is, she is just a powerless woman, so Zhou Guan doesn't care very much.

"So what?"

"You're really not fit to lead troops!" Xiong Lishui sneered and said, "If we can find Yang Xiao and let me use it for us, then we can crack those strange instruments in Lu Li's hands, and her talent can also do things for us!" If she also designs a weapon for us to attack the city, will we still use the trouble of Ling City to attack this matter in the future? ”

Only then did Zhou Guan understand the importance of Yang Xiao.

"Since Xiong Er didn't kill her, she is still alive, she will definitely return to Luoyang City, and I will send someone to Luoyang."